Halloween on Friday

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city streets jam late
Halloween on Friday
wild costumes all night

urban ghouls and goblins
try to stay out of trouble


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The moon lights the road...

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the moon lights the road -
but not who's making noises
nearby in the woods


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Many crack addicts...

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many crack addicts
won't even bother with lunch
- busy getting high


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Longtime friends...

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longtime friends
help each other out
- sharing laughs


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Bribe voters with cash...

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bribe voters with cash
just tax everyone more
- hurt poor folk most


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Creating new jobs...

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creating MORE jobs
will spread NEW wealth around
- it is NOT finite


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Donate rice for FREE...

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HELP at FREE Rice
learn things at the same time
- play often


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In the bell jar...

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in the bell jar
flying around a small space
- fireflies trapped


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Schools ARE for teachers...

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schools ARE for teachers
and their lifelong employment
- NOT for students


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Feel free to gamble...

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feel free to gamble
with other people's money
- except for loan sharks'


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Fax Paper SPAM Waste

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junk faxes paper -
say 12 per day per machine
100,000,000

total worldwide equals more
than ONE BILLION sheets per DAY


500 sheets per
2,000,000 reams, 10 per box
200,000

20 per skid, 10,000
skids, 500 trucks PER DAY


10,000 sheets per
tree, is 100,000
trees per day you see

260 weekdays
26,000,000 PER YEAR


average pulp tree
440 per
acre, just about

60,000 acres per
YEAR - USE RECYCLED PAPER


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Let pirates operate...

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
let pirates operate

you will get cut of ransom
and maybe some weapons too


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Eternal source...

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eternal source
from which everything comes
- someday returns

mother of ten thousand things
some folks call it The Tao


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Five boys on a roof...

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five boys on a roof
try to see the UFOs
- all but one do


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Earth is a MESS...

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Earth is a MESS -
but it's still the best planet
in the Universe


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